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MUSIC AND DRAMATIC.

THroDoRE THOMAS will conduct the next
biennial festival in Cincinnati
Mn JAMES BARTON KEY has formed a
business connection with Mrs James Brown
Potter, and will bo her personal representa-
tive IN tins country next season.
ANTON RUBINsrEIN has collected JoO,y
rublcS toward realizing his plan OF founding
national Russian opera at st. Petersburg
To bc connected with a new conservatory OF
musical instruction.
lr is remarkable how firmly the Americans
are fixing themselves on the London stage
There are In London American managers,
American actors and actresses, and American
plays, and the cry is, "Sull they comon
JAPANESE native music is now 10 be
Europcanizcd A conscrvntore will shortly
bc organized at Toxic, ON the model OF the
Nienneso Conscrvatoire, where Japanese mu-
sicians will be trained ON the most approved
system of Western musical study.
A LONDON correspondent SAYS that
Amelia Groll, the German American girl of
Cleveland, made a successful debut as Mar
Puer'te In Faust" She is said to have "A full
soprano voice OF pleasant quality, an OK
ecllent stage presence and youth and beauty.
JoHN - CLARKE, the distinguish Ncomcdian
is probably the largest owner " theatrical
property in the world being the sole proprie-
tor of the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadel-
phia, which is the oldest theatre i'm this county;
the Opera House, Broad street, i'm the same
city, and the Strand London.
WHEN Edwin Booths company disbandcd
for the season several Of the ladies cried and
the mon looked mournful Last season MIR.
Booths company was the most agreeable on
the road, and not a single Misunderstanding
occurred during the entire tour. Mr.. Booth
rewarded the stage hands literally.
ADEINA PATTI appeared before a London
audience recently in Albert Hall The
programme was of unusual excellence and
strength. Patti was most enthusiastically
received. She was recalled apnin and apafn
Trebeli was received with equal favor Tho
violin performances of Nettie Carpenter
brought down astorm of applause.
Mr.. Sol. SMITH RUSSELL, the comedian
who has especially distinguished himself in
Yankee character parts, is To leave tho
stage after ono moro season. He has already
removed from Boston To Minneapolis where
hc ~ going into trade, and is accompanied by
his fathcr-in-law, Mr. William r. Adams,
WHO s known to boys as "Oliver Optic
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
South and West.

-FOUR Mexican shecphoplcrs attacked their
employer, James Taylor, of SCurry county.
Texas with rcVolvors and knives while he was
unarmcd He wrestcd "A six shooter from
one of them aud killed all four OF his
aSsailnnts
Four miners fell several hundred feet down
smart at the Huron mino in Upper Michigan,
and all were instantly killed
EDWARD LICKEY was struck with n bah
and killed while playing baseball at Lincoln
a DYNAMITE cartridge exploded prema-
turcly I'M the lnman mines, thirty miles west
OF Chattanooga, Tenn. Five miners were
reported instantly killed and ten fatally in
jurcd.
"DAGo JoE,n n half-breed, was lynched
near Austin, Miss. for murder, and Peter
Bettery, colOrcd man, met a similar fate nt
Jamestown, Ohio, for brutally assaulting an
aged colored woman.
THE sudden drop i'm wheat at Chicago
caused three Milwaukee firms TO suspend
A MISSIONARY who has just arrived in San
Francisco from Honolulu says n revolution is
impending, and that affairs there are in "A
state of chaos. change OF government is
demanded, and the royal palace is bnrr-
caded
A TOTAL Of twenty ninc yellow fever cnscs
Ten OF them fatal, had been reported up To
Friday at Key West, Fla.
A TORNADO at Grand Forks. Dakota, killed
four persons, seriously injured thirteen more.
aud demolished twenty five buildings la
East Grand Forks fourteen business houses
were destroyed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23

"Fiucly-bred, intelligent horses. said
trainer recently 20 a reporter for the
New York Hqiiond ErDrcss. care often
nervous. They are quick 10 notice,
quick 10 take alarm quick to do what
seems TO them, iu moments Of sudden
terror, necessary 90 escape from possible
harm, from something they do not under
stand That is what makes them shy.
bolt and run away We cannot tell what
awful suggestions strange things offer 20
their minds lt may be that q sheet Of
white paper IN tho road may seem 90 the
nervous horse yawning chasm, the open
front Of q baby carriage the jaws Of a
dragon ready 10 dcvour him and n man
on BICYCLE, some terrifying sort Of a
flying devil without wings Directly,
however. he becomes familiar with these
objects, he is entirely Indifferent 20
them. Therefore when your horse SHES
at anything make him acquainted with
it let him smell TO- touch 10 with his
sensitive upper lip and look closely AZ IL.
lie may not learn all in one lesson, but
continue the lessons and you will cure
your horse Of ali nervousness
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
MULLIGAN'S GHOST.

"You, Muldoon, you'd better hitch up
nc critters, and take them bags of corn
TO mil. jest want you to remember
vhat old Lytle amt got any call to take
ms toll out of this here lot. He owes me
Tor barrel of meal sence last grindin' y
Its moighty late it is TO 90 to mill
now, Misther Bell" Pat Muidoon an
Swered. He was a tall, gowky Irish lad
with none Of the national quickness and
humor visible in his long, solemn face. "It's
purity nigh the sunsettin' now, Pm think
IN. It's four mile to mill and I'll be
comm back long afther the dark
1T amt long past four o'clock said
the farmer, "and I'd Jest like TO know
what's the dark goin' fer do ter you2 II
saves time to send late; and then / reckon
you'll come back a heap quicker fur old
Muiligan's ghost at yer heels"
Farmer Bell laughed derisively as he
spoke, for in all that neighborhood he
was probably the only individual who
did not believe implicitly in Mulligan's
ghost
Anyway, Muldoon," " he laughed. "ef
he does come up with you, you'll under
stand his lingo, for he was Irish too as
well as you, and ghosts always talk in
their mother tongue Maybe. too. as
you're countryman, he'll be willin' to
tell you whar he hid all his money. fur
not dime has turned up Ask him. AIul-
doom, when he comes hoatin' up ter
you"
Muldoon shivered, and could not even
lmile at the farmers uproarious mirtb.
And III be afther takin' Lion. sur. -
le said, as hc turned 10 obey the orders
Of his employer
you'll be after doing no such thing.
Old Lytlc complained Of the dog last
time you took him lie raised Cain
among the old woman's chickens You'll
not unite the dog"
Muldoon's heart sank as he hitched up
the mules, with Lions impatient bark
and howl as a discOrd1nt accompani-
ment. lie was an immense masGn. and
accustomed to follow the boy wherever
he went Muldoon felt that the dog
would be company and protection iu the
dreary ride hc was about 10 take through
the ghost haunted forest, for he believed
fully in the ghost
10 was not a very long ride. but 10 lay
through q barren stretch Of pine woods.
rising into hills. which descended into
+t iff AAif' thA'hlN ElbWN NIf MIih NU
derbrush and gloomy magnolias Half
way to the mill stood the MuliQan farm.
the only vcstige Of human habiiaiion ON
his road Terrible stories were told about
that tumblc-down cabin, and most Of the
supcrstitious ncighb0rs would go mile
out of the road to avoid passing thc
place
Old Mulligan had come there some
years before A morosc silent old man.
who held no intercourse with his neigh
bors and lived entirely alone lie aI-
ways seemed 20 have plenty of money,
and though no one was ever invited into
the house, they all knew 10 was furnished
only with such things as were absolutely
necessary. The moody old mans lam
guage, when he did speak. was that of an
educated man, and his clothing. though
thrcadbare. was of fine texture. He EN-
ployed lab0rers for his fields. though. ms
j said before they never entered his
dwelling, or even tho yard around it.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23

CABIyET crisis i've Scrvia hns been pro
lOngcd by tbcfact that the new Cabinet will
bo expected 10 arrange for a divorce between
the King and Queen
THERE has been serious riotng at AthIone
ireland, between soldiers aud civilians The
soldiers wrecked a number Of houses ana
many citil"us were injured with stones
OwINg 81 the failure Of the crops n famine
prevails iu AHn Miner and 10000 people
arc IN danger Of starvation
PRINCE BmMARCK is reported in poor
health
HAusroSE3 weighing over a pound each
recently fen during heavy storm in Eastern
ROumolia The hail stones destroyed the
harvests, killed many labOrcrs in tho fields
and pierced the roofs of houses like bullets
Az official statement is made in Londos Of
ne discovery Of projected attacks by dyna
miters upon public buildings during jubilee
week
AT tho auction sale Of Lord Crawford
library in Loudoua Gutenberg Bible. the ear
lest book printed with movable metal types
brought 1920.
WuEN news Of Tho arrival Of the steamer
beWiug Elit0r OBrion was received th
whole Irish coast became nblazc with the
flames from tar barrels lighted ON every hill
in testimony 90 the people JOY at the agi
tHtors safe return
THE Quoens jubilee has been celebrated in
Glasgow by put1c dinner ~ 5000 poor
people
ADWcEs from 1udia say that 800 mon Of
the garrison at ficrat mutin.el recently
short and sharp fight eu-ucd. in which thirty
loyal and ilty rcbri troops were killed The
mutincevs aarl but mos. of them were cap.
tured
JAwEs q BLAINE and the members ofh's
family VINO accompany him ON his trap 20
Europe have reached london
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23

There has been received at the Interior
Department, from the Philadelphia Mirt,
the first Of the peace medals struck for
the use of the Indian Bureau. 1t has
been custom since Buchauan's Admin
istration to present these medals to dc.
serving and faithful Indians who have
aided the Governmentin suppressinQ out
breaks or by influencing their friends to
carry out the wishes Of the Government
The medal is oval in shape, half an inch
in thickness, and three inches i'm its
longest diameter. It bears on one side a
representation Of a very trustful settler
shaking hands with an Indian. with n
tomahawk and pipe crossed underneath.
The diverse side bears the bust of the
President, who is supposed to present
the medal The medals arc bronze, cost
ing the Government fifty cents apiece,
and silver costing SO apiece. The latter
are given TO chiefs and head men.
Up to this time the Indian Bureau has
been presenting Indians with medals
bearing President Arthur's likeness. thus
economically using up an old batch OF
medals on hand. The new ones received
from the Mint bear an excellent likeness
Of Mr.. Cleveland, whose somewhat ro-
bust neck and rounded head make him
an excellent subject for medallion work.
The view is, Of course, aproflc, and his
head, Washington correspondent SAYS.
seems to fin ont the medal more symmct-
rically than that of any other President.
Grants head upon these medals was the
next best, and President Garfeld's fol.
lows q close third President Arthur's
profile was too refined for medallion ar
tist TO do it justice upon die for a mint
while Lincolns head was the most unfit
Of all. In the latter's time a ring was
passed through these medals so that they
could be suspended from the neck, but Of
late years they have been put up in a neat
pasteboard box when presented
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
Washington.

VINCENT LAMANTIA, Of Louisiana, has
been appointed United States Consul at
Catania, Italy.
THE President has appointed the following
postmasters: Valentine Butsch Boulder,
Col John G. Luning. Lcesburg, Fla. !;
Walter Kirkpatrick, Nirdcn, Ill., Thomas
NJ. Ochiltree, Rushville, Ind James y.
Cooper, Mount Gilcnd, Ohio; Albert G. Robin
son, Green Bay, Wis; james w. Wilson,
Easton, Penn
CLARENCE II. PITRIN, OF Vermont, has been
appointed United States Attorney for the
District OF Vermont
MUCH opposition has been developed TO the
recent Presidential order 10 return 10 the ati-
thoritcs Of the late Confederate States all the
Confederate flags in the custody Of the War
Department which were captured by Federal
troops. General Fairchild, Of Wisconsin
Commander in Chief of the g.. A. r. at n re
ception tcndcrcl TO him i'm New York. ex
pressed himself warmly against the return Of
these iiaR5,Hnd in Ohio legal steps we're begun
to enioin the return Of Confederate flags Mt
the state Capitol.
ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND has issuel
an order reducing tn compensation Of As
sistnnt District Attorneys twenty per cent.
and directing the discharge of all assistants
whose services can be dispensed with without
detrment 10 the public service.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
THE MEMS IN BRIEF.
Eastern and Middle states.


Smsu BuI.INGs and Joseph Thompson col
sded while PLAYING baseball at Marhlchead
Mass, and were rendered unconscious for n
long time Billings frontal bone was crushed
THE Carlisle uennl Indian training school
mas Just sent seventy three pupils West
nearly all OF whom have completed tho
covrSc of the school They were mostly "
tie Sioux tribes
TuE vote in the New Hampshire Iegisla
tue by which William r. Chandler was
elected United States Senator was as follows:
Chandler tRepublCnm $50; Bingham Demo
Iat, 10; scattering, q.
AFTER long and harasSng struggle a
completed jury In the case Of Jacob sharp,
charged wIiA hTtbng the Now York "Boodle'
Hallway charter, was obtained ON
wednesday, and the trial began with the adj.
dress of Assistant District Attorney Nicoll
CHARLES r. BURCu, a Jersey City IN. JO
policeman, dangerously shot his wife and
then committed suicide
SINCLAIR ToUsEY, President OF the Amcri-
AN News Company, died at his home i'm New
YORK ON Thursday in his seventy third year.
lN numbcr of towns and villages along
the Hudson luvcr physicians say n peculiar
epldemlc disease Is prevalent in the shape OF "A
cough which continues exactly four weeks
several doctors say the ailliCtion il unlike
any other they have experienced i'm the prac-
uce ot medicine i'm many years The patients
~ rule arc not incapacitated for work
EN PRESIDENT MARK HoPKINs. OF VIII
hamS College died at Williamstown. Mass,
a lew days s'nre, aged eighty years.
REv. DW Roswell HITCHCoCK President
ot Union Theological Seminary of New
\ ork Is dead i'm his seventy first year.
TnE Rhode Island Legislature adjourned
without accomplishing any business because
of the political deadlock.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
DEATitLESS

There lies in the centre OF each mans heart
A longing and love for the good and pure,
Aud IL but an atom, or larger part,
l tell YOU this shall endure, endure,
After the body has gone e. decay
Yea, after the world ha passed away.
The longer live and the more see
OF the struggle OF souls toward nights
above,
The stronger this truth comes home 10 me.
That the universe rests ON the shoulders of
Love
\ love 80 limitlcsS, deep and broad
That men have renamed Il and called Il God
And nothing that ever was born or evolved,
Nothing created 10y light or force,
But deep in its system there lies dissolved
A shining drop from the great Love
Source
A shining drop that shall live for aye
Tho kingdoms may perish, and stars may die.
-Eiid Wheeler ITiicor, IA Independent
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
The Use OF Paper Bags.

'"The days of the market baskets are
numbered said n basket dealer TO n
New York SIM reporter. "The paper
bag is running il out for good. There
used 20 be "A time when every family had
n market basket which was carried on
whenever supplies were to be purchased.
When man goes 10 market now he
doesn't take basket along At the first
stall where he makes purchase the
markctman asks, Large bag or small
bag"
IF the man is on regular marketing
tour lac says: Large bag The dealer
puts the purchase in handsome MANILA
bag three or -four feet long which will
hold as much as any ordinary
market basket. The bag is made
Of exceptionally strong paper, and
will hold the weight Of anything
you can put into if, including
half peck Of potatoes. When the last
purchase has been deposited in it the
buyer has the dealer TO tic it up This is
quickly done, in such manner that n
nice cord handle is furnished, and no one
would ever guess that the bag contains
marketing. II looks more like a bundle
Of dry goods. Every Saturday evening
you can sec men going home on tho cars
with these nice bundles who would never
dream Of carrying market baskets One
day saw an aristocratic carrier turn pale
with rage rs big shad wet and gli.tcn-
ing, forced its way through the paper and
fell ON the floor Of an elevated car The
iish dealer had neglected 10 wrap the wet
fish up in brown paper before putting IL in
the bag, and the water had weakened the
bag until the shad broke through
Market baskets are very cheap now"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
THE DIAMOND FIELD.

THE Bostons expect 10 clear nt least SO 900
this season.
STAGE the famous Yale pitcher. expects TO
become n preacher Of the Gospel
THE New Yorks have lost eight games this
seasOn when base hit would have either
won or tied the game
WHEN game is lost, at least eight mem
bors Of the nine are unanimous i'm expressing
that the pitcher lost the match.
WEYHNG, the Athletic pitcher, discarded
by the Philodelphias, has proved 20 be a won
der, and Is pitching with great effect.
CAMPAU made three home runs for New
Orleans I'm one game, and the crowd presented
him with 500 ladies subscribing with the rest.
THE FIRST triple play Of the season was made
by the BaltimOres at Cincinnati. Greenwood
caught liner, touched ON second ami threW
to third
MAUI, who was considered the best pitcher
in the Southern League has been secured by
the Philadelphia Club. The price paid for
his release was 81, 800
WHAT makes umpiring particularly trying
70 eN ball players Is the fact that ball tOssers
make 10 as unpleasant ns they possibly can
Tor one NJ themselves after he quits the field
and goes behind the plate
CoACInNO, the Boston Courier says, win
undoubtedly be- done away with next season.
~ is not enjoyed by the spectators, and the
yelling aud hooting that 10 engenders is evi-
iN recent Denver-Topeka game Tebeau,
in the sixth inning, made n home run when
The bases were fun, bringing in four runs
Silver was raincd ON him aud he gathered I'm
t5lb Noss, in the same game, got s2G %
aud Silch - for home runs
CONNOR, u the New Yori,s leads I'm the
number oi home runs made this cn.Ou he
having six tO his credit Ryan. of the Chi
Cages Dunlap and BrOuthers of the Dctroits:
Wood, Of the Phladclphias. Morrill,. OF the
BostOns, and OBrien, OF the Washmgtons,
have each made four
THE League clubs up 10 recent date made
10 home runs OF these ~ were scored ON
the Philadelphia grounds iy cach ON the
1hicagc anu New York grounds a. o. the
Washington grounds ~ ON the Boston
grounds y on The indianapolis grounds. - ON
The Detroit and ON the Allegheny grounds
Among tho Alaska coast Indians
most appalling state Of degradation ex~
lists The people are under the inhu-
ence Of medicine men who eat tho flesh
OF dead people, claiming that by so do
ing the spirit Ct the dead enters into
them. In their religion they arc like the
fetch Tribes Of Africa, perpetuating the
evil spirits and letting the good spirits
alone Female infanticide is pracuced
as a religious duty Women are held as
slaves and are killed at the will Of their
lords and masters When q building IL
put up four women are killed and put In
TO the post holes on which the building
rests. Persons sutpected Of Uitchcraft
tre roaste q, drowned or burned alive.
All these shocking heather practices are
carried on at this day.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
THE PRAIRIE FIRE.

Over the undulate prairie
rode as the day was done;
The west was aglow-but TO northward
A glare like the rising sun
Seen through the eddy ing sea-mists,
Broke on the darkening night,
And cloud of smoky blackneSs
Shut out the stars dim light
felt the sweep Of the norther
But a deeper doadlier chill,
Struck to my heart for an instant
With its presage of death and i'll.
Then drew the cinchas tighter
And looked 10 stirrup and rein,
AS the northern glare grew brighter
And the gusts gained strength amain.
Then, as we hurried southwark
Brighter, nearer and higher
Like lambent serpents heavenward
Writhed up each flaming spire;
Leaping across the benches
Whore the grass was thin and dry,
Rolling in fiery surges
Where the reeds stood rank and high
a drifting whirlof cinders,
a chorus of binding smoke,
Aroning sea Of FIRE
Across the plains il broke,
From the pools the wild fowl darted
To circle the lurid sky;
from his lair the scared deer started.
And swept like phantom by.
On, toward the distant river,
Vast d by weeks Of drouth.
Like shaft from the sungol's culver
We sped toward the murky south.
To halt was death; and far distant
Lay life and safety and rest;
The air grew hot and each instant
The foam fell on counter and breast
Nearer each moment the fires swept,
Thicker the red sparks fell;
Higher the roaring flames lcapt
With the blast of that fiery hell.
felt that we soon must stihe
In the reek of that merciless hail
And droppd my heavy rifle
In the midst Of the narrow trail.
But bravely my trusty courser
Kept ON in his headlong flight
Though his labored breath grew hoarser
Til the river CLEANED i'm sight,
a plunge through the thickset border
OF withered grass and reed,
And the waters Of the river
Laved the heaving hanks of my steed.
Up 70 the brink of the river
Swep the waves of that fiery sea,
With pulses and limbs a-quiver
could neither stand nor flee!
saw the flames tower heavenward
With dim eyes and failing breath;
Then all around was darkness
A faintness and gloomike DEATH
When | woke the flames were racing
Far westward DER bluff and hill:
My faithful steed was grazing
On the banks of our guardian rill;
And | offered thanks TO heaven,
Where the stars shone clear and bright
For the safety and mercy given
To US on that fearful night
Captain c. W. Hal, an Dakota BeH
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
Milking Mnsic.RoNes.

The chief industry of Geneva, Switzer-
land, is the manufacture of music boxes.
Thousands of men, women and children
are employed in the factories, Que of
which was visited 10y II young American,
Mr.. Lee Neriwcthcr An attendant in
vlted him 10 take n seat. He did so,
and strains of delightful music came
from the chair He hung his hat on n
rack and put his travelling staff in the
stand. Music came from both rack and
stand. He wrote his name in the visi-
tors register, and, on dipping his pen in
the ink, the music burst forth from the
inkstand.
The manager of the factory explained
the process OF making music boxes, a
business which requires patience and
nicely. The different parts are made by
men who are experts in those parts, and
they do nothing else, year in and year
out. The music Is marked on the cylin-
der by man who has served several
years of apprenticeship. Another man
inserts in the marked places pegs which
have been filed to "A uniform length.
The comb or set Of teeth which strikes
the pegs, and makes the sound, is ar
ranged by man who does nothing else.
The cylinder is then revolved 10 see that
every peg produces a proper tone. The
most delicate work OF all is the revising
OF each peg II is done by "a workman
who has good ear for music. lie sees
that each peg is in its proper place, and
bent at the correct angle. When the in
strumcnt is in its case. an expert exam
ines it TO sec that the time is perfect
and good The best workmcn, those
who mark the cylinder and adjust the
pegs, earn dollar and eighty cents a
day, after serving an Apprenticeship Of
ten or twelve years. An ordinary work
man earns dollar day.